ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and
the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of …

Purpose: To integrate information from the various disciplines that contribute to the
understanding of the cause and prevention of sudden cardiac death: identification of new …

Objective: To assess the prognostic significance of left ventricular mass and geometry in
initially healthy persons with essential hypertension. Design: An observational study of a …

Medicolegal investigation of death is the most crucial and significant function of the medical
examiner within the criminal justice system. The medical examiner is primarily concerned …

Objectives. This study examined the relations of echocardiographically determined left
ventricular (LV) mass and hypertrophy to the risk of sudden death. Background …

To assess whether echocardiographic and electrocardiographic detection of left ventricular
hypertrophy could predict cardiovascular morbid events in patients with uncomplicated …

BACKGROUND During the past half-century, the ECG has been used extensively for the
diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy. Persons with ECG evidence of left ventricular …

This is a metaanalysis of all available studies as of December 1990 that have evaluated the
effect of antihypertensive pharmacologic therapy on left ventricular structure examined by …

Objective.—To determine the ability of various antihypertensive agents to reduce left
ventricular hypertrophy, a strong, blood pressure—independent cardiovascular risk factor, in …

The epidemiology of ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation (VT/VF) and sudden cardiac death
(SCD) must be explored from multiple aspects, each of which contributes insights into the …